H.M.S. MONARCH TO SINK.
(jr CABLE—PBZSS ASSOCIATION— COPTRIGHT) ("thb rates.") LONDON, October 14. "The Times," commenting on the •Admiralty's decision to sink, in deep water, the warship Monarch, which is bein"'scrapped under the terms of the Washington Treaty, says it is probably the first time a capital ship of the Eoyal Xavv bas keen destroyed in this manner. The custom has been to use them as targets or to dismantle them in shipbreakers' yards. Since the Armistice, however, there has been such a glut 0 f vessels for demolition that it will probably be found more economical to link the Monarch instead of waiting for a suitable opportunity to sell her.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 16 October 1924, Page 12
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